can't you guys leave anything alone? he's unsubscribed already and it's been a while. wtf is wrong with you?
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au>wrote: > Not sure if I should say anything, I may be accused of being ignorant by > the new high master of knowledge. > However being a daredevil I shall try and sneak some stupidity past the > overlord of automotive development information, guess if he catches me I'll > cop a beating with the workshop manual of the W140 (and that's gotta hurt, > especially if it includes the electronic section). > > Anyway I think the gripe the ignorant so and so's have is fair enough. The > issue being that there are a lot of MB only parts on that car that fail > eventually and trying to find a part out of a wreck is a lottery, > considering that the part may fail again. > Automotive development is good when it is taken one step after another but > the leap between the 126 and 140 was mighty and a bit too far. As a side > note the W220 also suffered from reliability problems due to more leaping. > Technology is great when it works but when it doesn't and costs a fortune > to fix it is a pain. > I have heard stories of cars being wrecked because the accident damaged > electrical equipment that is too expensive too replace, or damaged > electrical lines which in turn damaged the various computers that are in a > car. > > Hendrik > who is hiding from the grand high overlord master of all things Mercedes > > Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > >> Wow, the ignorance on this list has reached an all time high. >> >> You folks really haven't a clue about how automotive development >> works, and why an S class is designed the way they are. Not a clue. >> >> Jaime >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> Piss poor design by children who were totally starry-eyed over >> electronics. >> >> >>> Also suffered from stupid stuff like dual pane argon filled windows that >>> cost $1000 to replace when your neighbor's idiot child threw a rock over >>> the >>> fence, $300 window motors that had to be programmed to work, and it goes >>> on >>> and on. >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
